Web, ecommerce & Android app development for Bishop's Stortford

Why choose New Media Aid?
We develop complex web apps, Android apps and ecommerce websites and have provided low cost, bespoke app development services since the year 2000 - only 19 miles from Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. The development cost of a bespoke Android app, web app or ecommerce website for organisations in Hertfordshire will usually be between £2,000 and £5,000.

We develop bespoke, responsive, mobile-friendly web apps and e-commerce websites as well as cutting-edge Android apps for organisations ranging from multi-national blue chip organisations to SMEs in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.

We keep abreast of all the latest trends and technologies in web app development, ecommerce website design and bespoke Android app development to make sure we offer the most advanced, secure and robust application solutions for our clients in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.

Useless fact
As well as being the distance in miles from Bishop's Stortford to our app development office in Hitchin, 19 is also the SDK Tools revision number (SDK Tools, Revision 19) released in April 2012 and made available through the Android SDK Manager as a downloadable component for the Android SDK. It includes the complete set of Android development and debugging tools. It is included with Android Studio. (SDK Tools, Revision 19).


Useful app developers term of the day: Unsupervised Learning

Unsupervised learning is a type of machine learning where the model is trained on an unlabelled dataset, which means that the input data does not have any corresponding output labels. The goal of unsupervised learning is to identify patterns or structures in the data, without any prior knowledge of the output.

In unsupervised learning, the model tries to learn the underlying structure of the data by finding similarities or differences between the input data points. There are several types of unsupervised learning:

  1. Clustering: In clustering, the model groups similar data points together based on some similarity metric, such as distance or density.

  2. Dimensionality reduction: In dimensionality reduction, the model reduces the number of features in the data, while retaining as much information as possible. This is often done to make it easier to visualize or analyse the data.

  3. Anomaly detection: In anomaly detection, the model identifies data points that are significantly different from the rest of the data, which can be useful in detecting fraud or errors in the data.

Unsupervised learning is widely used in many applications, such as customer segmentation, recommendation systems, and data visualization, among others.


Clustering is a type of unsupervised learning in machine learning where the goal is to group similar data points together into clusters or segments. In clustering, the model learns the inherent structure of the data, without being given any predefined class labels.

In bespoke app development, clustering can be used for a wide range of applications, including:

  1. Customer segmentation: An app that uses clustering can group customers based on their purchase history, demographics, and behavior, enabling businesses to target specific segments with personalized marketing campaigns.

  2. Anomaly detection: An app that uses clustering can identify unusual patterns or outliers in data, enabling businesses to detect and prevent fraud, network intrusions, and other security threats.

  3. Image segmentation: An app that uses clustering can segment images into different regions based on color, texture, and other features, enabling developers to build intelligent image analysis and processing systems.

  4. Recommender systems: An app that uses clustering can group users based on their preferences and behavior, enabling businesses to recommend products, services, and content that are likely to be of interest.

  5. Genomic analysis: An app that uses clustering can group genes based on their expression patterns, enabling researchers to identify new drug targets and develop personalized treatments for genetic diseases.

Overall, clustering is a powerful technology for bespoke app development that can provide valuable insights and improve decision-making. By leveraging clustering algorithms and models, developers can build apps that can group similar data points together, making it easier to automate processes, personalize user experience, and provide valuable insights to users.


Dimensionality reduction is a type of unsupervised learning in machine learning where the goal is to reduce the number of features or variables in a dataset while retaining as much of the relevant information as possible. The technique is particularly useful in cases where the dataset has a large number of variables, making it difficult to visualize and analyze.

In custom app development, dimensionality reduction can be used for a wide range of applications, including:

  1. Image and video processing: An app that uses dimensionality reduction can reduce the dimensionality of image and video data, making it easier to process and analyze.

  2. Recommendation systems: An app that uses dimensionality reduction can reduce the dimensionality of user preference data, enabling businesses to recommend products, services, and content based on user behavior and preferences.

  3. Fraud detection: An app that uses dimensionality reduction can reduce the dimensionality of transaction data, enabling businesses to detect fraudulent transactions and other security threats more efficiently.

  4. Speech recognition: An app that uses dimensionality reduction can reduce the dimensionality of audio data, making it easier to recognize and interpret speech.

  5. Genomic analysis: An app that uses dimensionality reduction can reduce the dimensionality of gene expression data, enabling researchers to identify new drug targets and develop personalized treatments for genetic diseases.

Overall, dimensionality reduction is a powerful technology for custom app development that can provide valuable insights and improve performance. By leveraging dimensionality reduction algorithms and models, developers can build apps that can reduce the dimensionality of complex data, making it easier to analyze, process, and interpret.



Crimes reported in Bishop's Stortford
Our custom app development prices are criminally low, but not as criminal as these events recently reported in Bishop's Stortford.

Why are we showing recent crimes in Bishop's Stortford Hertfordshire?
We are showing a few example crimes for Bishop's Stortford reported in Jul 2024 to demonstrate how we can integrate data from external web service APIs. As expert software engineers we specialise in developing complex bespoke web apps which integrate with other cloud-based systems and data-sets!

bicycle theft
  • Falconer Street (Under investigation)
burglary
  • Penningtons (Under investigation)
  • Beechlands (Under investigation)
criminal damage arson
  • Supermarket (Under investigation)
  • Merrill Place (Investigation complete; no suspect identified)
  • Kent Crescent (Investigation complete; no suspect identified)
drugs
  • Bylands Close (Local resolution)
other theft
  • Honeybourne (Under investigation)
  • Furriers Close (Under investigation)
  • Supermarket (Under investigation)
  • Salters (Under investigation)
  • Pynchbek (Under investigation)
possession of weapons
  • Whittington Way (Offender given a caution)
public order
  • Piggotts Way (Under investigation)
  • Waytemore Road (Under investigation)
robbery
  • Supermarket (Under investigation)
shoplifting
  • Petrol Station (Awaiting court outcome)
vehicle crime
  • Robinson Close (Under investigation)
  • Turners Crescent (Under investigation)
  • Apsley Close (Under investigation)
  • Supermarket (Under investigation)
  • Patricia Gardens (Investigation complete; no suspect identified)
violent crime
  • Salters (Investigation complete; no suspect identified)
  • Apsley Close (Under investigation)
  • Britannia Place (Under investigation)
  • Honeybourne (Under investigation)
  • Supermarket (Under investigation)
other crime
  • Sunningdale (Under investigation)
  • Gibbs Field (Under investigation)
  • Appleton Fields (Under investigation)
We are only 19 miles from Bishop's Stortford